Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1949-1974.

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Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1949-1974.

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The bulk of the items relate to Sellin's work with the Dept. of Social Affairs as one of the United States representatives to the United Nations program in Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (a program that continued the functions of the International Penal and Penitentiary Commission under the auspices of the United Nations from 1951 onwards). Correspondents include fellow representatives Sanford Bates and James V. Bennett, as well as United Nations Dept. of Social Affairs members Edward Galway (whom Sellin had helped find a position at the United Nations), Henri Laugier and Alva Myrdal (assistants secretary-general in charge of social affairs), A. Delierneux (deputy director of the Division of Social Activities), Hélène Pfander (of the Social Defense Section of the Division of Social Activities), Julia Henderson (director of the Division of Social Welfare), Paul Amor, Manuel Lopez-Rey and William Clifford (chiefs of the Social Defense Section of the Division of Social Activities), Roger Grant (director of the Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs), Nicholaas J. de W. Pensegrouw (acting chief of the Social Defense Section of the Division of Social Activities), Gustavo Duran (acting director of the Division of Social Welfare),and Otis Mulliken, James F. Green and John S. Barry (acting directors of the Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs). Also includes correspondence from criminologists Lionel Fox, Edward R. Cass, Paul Cornil and Karl Schlyter.

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Cass, E. R. (Edward R.), -1976

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General secretary of the American Prison Association. From the description of Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1932-1952. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 235956444 ...

López-Rey y Arrojo, Manuel.

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United Nations. Division of Social Welfare

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Bennett, James V. 1894-1978.

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Bates, Sanford, 1884-1972

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Cornil, Paul

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Secretary-General of the Belgium Ministère de la justice and professor of criminal law at the Université libre de Bruxelles. From the description of Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1949-1983. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 236165298 ...

Amor, Paul

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Mulliken, Otis E.

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International Penal and Penitentiary Commission.

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The International Penal and Penitentiary Commission was formed in 1872 as the International Penal Commission. In 1929 it acquired its present name. In 1926 its Permanent Office was established in Berne, Switzerland. The International Penal and Penitentiary Commission's purpose was to advise governments on the reform of criminals, the prevention of crime, and prison administration. It did not operate between the years 1939-1945, was revived in 1946, and in 1950 it was absorbed into the Dept. of S...

Barry, John Steward, 1802-1870

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Naval architect and engineer. From the description of Papers, 1940-1976. (Mystic Seaport Museum, G W Blunt White Library). WorldCat record id: 70957958 From the description of John S. Barry papers, 1940-1976. (Mystic Seaport Museum, G W Blunt White Library). WorldCat record id: 47870973 Born in Vermont, January 29, 1802; went to Atlanta, Georgia, lived there till 1832, then became a merchant at Constantine, Michigan; member of constitutional convention of Michigan i...

Grant, Roger W.

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Clifford, W. 1918-

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Durán, Gustavo

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Galway, Edward

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United Nations. Division of Social Activities

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Schlyter, Karl, 1879-1959

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Green, James Frederick, 1910-2000

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United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs

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Henderson, Julia J.

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United Nations -- Division of Social Welfare; Bureau of Social Affairs, Technical Operations; Secretary General of International Planned Parenthood Federation. From the description of Oral history interview with Julia J. Henderson, 2001. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 760169982 ...

United Nations. Dept. of Social Affairs.

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Myrdal, Alva, 1902-1986

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Diplomat; interviewee married Gunnar Myrdal; interviewee d.1986. From the description of Reminiscences of Alva Reimer Myrdal : oral history, 1976. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122441312 ...

Laugier, Henri, 1888-1973

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Fox, Lionel W.

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Pansegrouw, Nicholaas J. de W.

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Executive director of the Institute for Research on Crime and Delinquency, for which Sellin served as honorary president. From the description of Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1954-1977. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 243694050 ...

Delierneux, A.M.

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